- Revenue 2024
- $2,326,035
- Expenses 2024
- $1,770,591
Program services were 79.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- NTEE code
- A250
- Classification
- 2000
- Street
- 450 SYNDICATE N STR
These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
COMPAS DELIVERS CREATIVE EXPERIENCES THAT UNLEASH THE POTENTIAL WITHIN ALL OF US.
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CREATIVE COMMUNITY COMPAS DELIVERS CREATIVE EXPERIENCES TO 44,000 PEOPLE ANNUALLY THAT SPAN A WIDE RANGE OF PERFORMING, VISUAL, LITERARY, DIGITAL, AND MUSICAL DISCIPLINES. THE 150+ TEACHING ARTISTS AND ENSEMBLES WHO MAKE UP OUR ROSTER DELIVER IN-PERSON AND VIRTUAL COMMUNITY PROGRAMS IN MINNESOTA (SHELTERS, LIBRARIES, YOUTH CENTERS, NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT CENTER PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND/OR MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES, JUSTICE PROGRAMS, OLDER ADULT CENTERS, ETC.). TEACHING ARTISTS REPRESENT MORE THAN 40 DIFFERENT CULTURAL AND RACIAL BACKGROUNDS AND BRING YEARS OF EXPERIENCE THAT IGNITE PARTICIPANTS' CREATIVITY, WHETHER PROGRAMS ARE WORKSHOPS, PERFORMANCES, OR LONGER RESIDENCIES. NO MATTER THE LENGTH OF THE PROGRAM, COMPAS ENSURES THAT EACH PARTICIPANT FULLY EXPERIENCES THE ART FORM.
Expenses $844,375 · Revenue $473,513
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CREATIVE CLASSROOM: MORE THAN 22,000 STUDENTS FROM KINDERGARTEN THROUGH 21 YEARS OF AGE ARE OFFERED THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK DIRECTLY WITH A PROFESSIONALLY TRAINED COMPAS TEACHING ARTIST TO LEARN AN ART FORM THAT IS SELECTED BY EDUCATORS AND STUDENTS TO BEST MEET THEIR NEEDS. THE RANGE IN ART FORMSINCLUDES PERFORMING, VISUAL, LITERARY, DIGITAL, AND MUSICAL DISCIPLINES AND IS OFTEN CONNECTED TO STATE CURRICULUM GUIDELINES. COMPAS'S TEACHING ARTISTS WORK WITHIN EDUCATIONAL SETTINGS (TRADITIONAL AND NON-TRADITIONAL), OUT-OF-SCHOOL-TIME PROGRAMS AND SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAMS. STUDENTS DEVELOP THEIR OWN ARTMAKING ABILITIES WHILE PARTICIPATING IN MAKING AN ORIGINAL PIECE OF ART IN THEIR SCHOOL SETTING. THIS PROCESS HELPS PARTICIPANTS ADVANCE THEIR CRITICAL THINKING ABILITIES.
Expenses $553,950 · Revenue $344,410
As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Officers and directors · 2024
As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.
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Elizabeth Liz SheetsELIZABETH LIZ SHEETS
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Andrew LeizensANDREW LEIZENS
VICE PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Mimi StakeMIMI STAKE
VICE PRESIDENT DEVELOPMENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1.25
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Steve Hawley PhDSTEVE HAWLEY PHD
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1.5
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Amy LucasAMY LUCAS
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Iren BishopIREN BISHOP
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Ann DaytonANN DAYTON
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Virajita SinghVIRAJITA SINGH
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Jessica GessnerJESSICA GESSNER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Dr Louis Porter II PhDDR LOUIS PORTER II PHD
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $250
- From this org
- $250
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Sonya Smith SustacekSONYA SMITH SUSTACEK
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1.25
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Melissa Drwall-HradMELISSA DRWALL-HRAD
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Heidi FehlhaberHEIDI FEHLHABER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Lindsey AndersenLINDSEY ANDERSEN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Ryan KopperudRYAN KOPPERUD
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1.25
-
Yvette TrotmanYVETTE TROTMAN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Greta Margaret Rudolph JDGRETA MARGARET RUDOLPH JD
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Jeff GoldenbergJEFF GOLDENBERG
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Anne TallmanANNE TALLMAN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
James PlesserJAMES PLESSER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Lauren ThronLAUREN THRON
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Dawne Brown WhiteDAWNE BROWN WHITE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $131,634
- From this org
- $120,726
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $10,908
- Hours/week
- 40
Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.
Filings
-
2024
- Revenue
- $2,326,035
- Expenses
- $1,770,591
- Contributions
- $1,496,583
- Grants paid
- $0
-
2023
- Revenue
- $1,710,769
- Expenses
- $1,570,421
- Contributions
- $920,549
- Grants paid
- $0
-
2022
- Revenue
- $1,437,621
- Expenses
- $1,542,291
- Contributions
- $684,325
- Grants paid
- $0
The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.
Other returns filed
-
2021 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,622,241
- Expenses
- $1,485,592
- Assets (EOY)
- $901,341
-
2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,281,469
- Expenses
- $961,900
- Assets (EOY)
- $619,001
-
2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,152,059
- Expenses
- $1,121,216
- Assets (EOY)
- $359,314
-
2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,214,952
- Expenses
- $1,261,967
- Assets (EOY)
- $215,146
-
2017 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,307,655
- Expenses
- $1,302,507
- Assets (EOY)
- $258,373
-
2016 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,413,206
- Expenses
- $1,375,763
- Assets (EOY)
- $291,504
-
2015 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,191,847
- Expenses
- $1,212,022
- Assets (EOY)
- $240,200
-
2014 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,017,793
- Expenses
- $1,036,968
- Assets (EOY)
- $247,774
-
2013 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,093,093
- Expenses
- $1,077,694
- Assets (EOY)
- $284,761
-
2012 · 990
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- $1,019,321
- Assets (EOY)
- $396,872
Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.
Grants made
No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.
Grants received
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2023 MULTIPLE GRANTS FOR PROGRAMS, OPERATIONS, OR OTHER PURPOSES
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$47,000
2022 MHC LEGACY RE-GRANT
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2024 YOUTH SPONSORSHIP
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2023 YOUTH SPONSORSHIP
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2022 YOUTH SPONSORSHIP
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CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA
$32,810
2024 CHARITABLE DONATION
-
$29,100
2022 DONOR-RECOMMENDED, ARTS & CULTURE
-
$25,000
2023 MUSIC GRANT
-
$23,800
2022 GENERAL SUPPORT
-
$23,000
2025 GENERAL SUPPORT
The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.
Other IRS files
Auto-Revocation List
Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.
Publication 78
Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.
These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.
What this page reflects
The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.